Reading in the Wild

After reading the introduction of “Reading in the wild” there are a few things I took away from the reading. First and foremost I really enjoyed reading it because it showed me that there are many ways to keep the students in a classroom engaged in reading. It talks about the “fake” reader and it shows us how to distinguish them and help them. I can honestly say that I was one of these “fake” readers I never really found reading interesting and I wish that one of my teachers would’ve instructed me and helped me to become a good reader. I wish they had noticed a pattern of me changing my book very fast.

 

By having a “ reading itinerary” I believe that it will show the children that I am not forcing them to read for 30 or 40 minutes each class time. Instead I hope it shows them that they are free to read whenever they have time. This time can be when they are on a long car ride or when they are waiting for there moms to finish cooking or when they are waiting in line for something etc.… I believe that these are good ways to just show children that they have enough space to wee they will read by choice.

 

I think that it will be challenging to teach reading because in the school day there is so many things that you need to cover like math, science history etc. Therefore, reading will be hard to implement to the class. Another important thing to think about is that there will always be that student who really doesn’t want to read and they will argue and argue with you.

 

I am really excited about teaching reading because I want to learn how to give my students a chance to love reading. This is why I’m excited to learn many other ways to motivate your students to read like the ones I read from “Reading in the wild”.

 

I am afraid of not being able to hold on to many of my ideas and forgetting how to help my students become successful readers.